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STATE PAPag. T.IIE - H9N, D. ERSKINE. PENNY 'ALLIS , ' to take riy to' r Mai. xi (fall men 01 i;nme• n , the' I froto Niiiel I v othe 0 y of moral , a. 809? Tr 1 - 4 z 9 1 10 9 8 5, 19 eLg 18 V 4, 10 - 7$ b c yo ur 0. Cafe • s eft - Mak Ted-r" relit►v n bs th e nate as PA Crit troop; ny j to nd w a )n the afr prinit of the New" intijr4 3 ng by weight ►ne fll~s uuNAr vulgar itrtate dod • Jegiti: c gl.) lw If the hl~eiy ily fusel Brea amid; ell 34 ed by au d clp-4. Q, :la GREAT BRITAIN N D AMERICA. ~:, C ORRESEONDF.,r7 Bt TrEF.N Mit. SEC. CANNING AitP; LAID , S F. FARE PARLIAMENT YESTARDAY.) . _ .. . . DISPATc H from . Mr. SecreLry CAONII4o, to the' tion. DAVID E R St(•I :, , dAtecf oreigti Office, jan. 23, A 49. , • Sitt;--1,70ur. dispatches from No. 46, to 49, both jnelpsive, have been received, atsd laid before The mist serious attention Of' his 'Majesty's GOvernient has been,directed to the important mat ter treated .in dispatches; and especially to ..th ,, se.co ,:omutunications• which you re- Tresent ynur. , ielt to, have received from different in .dividuals of we,ght and influz7oce in the American -dovnr• .nent, rv.peming the -political relations of Great Brita it and the United States. It most be confessed, that the conciliatory dispo sition "hi these individuals descrhe to you as ex isting on the part of the American Administration, .does non appear either in the a is of toe-Govern :talent, co in the.denl,.s of Congress," But the inti rnmtions - whiCh have 134 , 11 given to. you of the dif .ference bet Ween t! .e personal sentiments of Mr. Jedeison, and those of his prohable socctssor, in the Presidency with r,:sped to 'this country, 'and the lopes which You have .heen led to entertai , ., that the beginning of the new Preside 4c) may be ta .v-otirable to a ch'ange of policy in America, if oppor tunity and ei,couragement for such a change shall be afforded .by • this country, Ixa‘e induced his Ma jesty's Government to review and consider the most Lfilliortant ooints, of disagreement between the two o.t,a I have received his AgLijesiy'p' i:Primand to send you si.ch . instrodiotis .on those snbj,d s , as must, if the Goverprnent .of,the United Sta es be seri Alsly dispi;st:d td.accommodation, lead to't heir mime tiae aud satisfadory adjustment. The hest of these points is the affair :of the Cheiaper:ke. Noth.ng , prevented an amicable -con clusir;ri of thi- diseussi,n by M. Rose, except the , refusal of American Government to withdraw - ;the - ProLlaniati,ms issued on the 2d of July; 1807, yhich the ships of war, of Great Britain , wele interdided frorn the harbotsrs of the United States, Ntr hilt._ those of Franca Continued to be allowed a free resort to them. Th conStruetion given by Mr. Madison to the Ilesolut;on of the Cottirnittee, to wham the cousi deiation jf the fore(gnrel4lions of thz, United States, %.?r e re erred at ihe opening of tbq presept SeSsign of Contges, gees a consiterable way to ilvv“/ the objection to which the Proclamation was Of the exciusion:of the ships of - war of both Bel ';')igeren: s rom the ports oft" Neutral State, neither : I LA ig.retti has a riahv to cOrnlain. - The partiality of that 'r. gelation alone gave to' it a draraaer of . If therefore, the-Ships of war of France sh 11 in, taiTiiivo been excluded from the ports of the Vuit.-41, Slates, and -such ships-of that -descrip ; Cott as were in those ports at the titneol passilt the Re olntcon Shall. 'hgve b‘ ~.Li warned to- depait, Moiesty- . 'w;ould-, no longtt . r insist nlion the fxm.,l re• eal oi the Prociam Liu as a p"rclitniti:iry to the ad- J .l 4stinetit o , the Ittference. from the atfiir - the Clesapeake It is s,1:11 necessary, howei•er, that eitber the Pr-ela inat.on silent,' 'he' withdrawn, ," 1. us operation f.rni: - .lly declared to be at an end ; out it will oe stittieient if that withdra ..al or de :. glaration is recorded (according to the arrangement h►chMr. Madison professed himself ready to a d pt) in the same tn,struindot, or at the sane time, the repatation, which his i lvibiesty :is now wil ijrg to otter. ir,, I teams of reparation which Mr..RoSe was au tboris, d 'to propol,e, were in substance I st. A: t. rtn2l ,disaVowal by 'his Majesty of the . 6 t 'of Adtrilrai Berkeley ; The restoration of the wen forcibly taken f t rotn on board the Cke.apeake, reser% ing . to his Ma jesty the right of cliiitring',in a regular way from the American Government', the di-charge of suet' . - of them - as might prove upon investigation to be either natural-barn subjects of his Majesty, or de serters from his Majesty's service 3diy: A pecuiiiary provision suitable to 'their re sPeetive situations in cite, for the widows or orphans () f such men (not h•eing natural-born subje4ts of his •zisjesty, nor d esert e rs f rom his Majesty's service) ng may have been uulortunately Lil.l,!'d on board the . Chesapeake. returti for these concessions; his Majesty re . - .IPired A disavowal on the part of the .Anie ' riCah GOvernniefit of the detecliOn by . Commodore ;Barron of deser els from 'Majesty's service. Of lltis aenial siach persons on board of the thin under hisiedlumand, and his refusal to, deliver them upon detnand ;=-24iy, A like disavowal; of the *outrags connuitted oti•tlie persons or property of N.:.!/jesty's suhreds at Norfolk, or elsewlere, in • Consequence of 'this affair, an waS:atto to be, required, that the.. Anierican Government should not in future ciA.ntettince any •of its Agents, 'eivil or Military; in encburaging desertion from his Majesty's•SerViCe. • This last - point being- , accerding to the statement in ~ Your 47, to be proVided.for bfa special - A0 - of • Cebgrersy not necessary to obtain aoy specific 0.•;t or d , ciaration respettingit ; and as it is 61 ) 7 r , C all Iliings desirable to simplify as much asJpos- • • ~."-it'Q; the conclusion of an engag em e nt w hi c h has peen solong Pending ; visa recurrence to the details 'PI the affair .of the Chesapede of .the causes which Jed to it, and of the discussions immediately arising °Qt, of it, might lead to coMplicated ..and fruitless • Controversy, f't'is.Majesty on his part Wotild be con _ tented at present to wave any sleinand !or retrospec tive disavowals. on. _the part of the Governni( nt of ile Uilit . ed States,.that Government being, on the other hand, contented to receive back the men for=. eibly taken out of the Ches4eake, as the single and autheieut ati of reparation.:- To which, however; his - Majesty Would still be: wllltngato add the provision for the widows and ons_ litmus of the Men killed in the action, but as , an -a& - "klf-ltis - Majesty's spontaneous generosity. This ar ngement, have every reason to believe, both from -what Mr.Pinckney has stated to int..; and what . Mr. -Rose reports of Mr. Madison's unofficial con - ver‘ati Ons, wou l d b e satisfaaocy- to the American Grivernment upon this subjeCl. Whether this ar- Jangernent shall be settl e d n y a formal conventi o n, - or by the exchange of ministerial notes, dated. the . sitite day, and . reciprocally delivered at the same k left to the decision of yo-arscif and of alb American Dlinis•er. I have only to add (though I see no ground to apprehend that such a demand ia, likely to be brought forward), that you are steadily and peremptorily to refuse any demand for any mark of his Majesty's displeasure to Admird Berkt•ley; than that which .was in the first instance manifested, bythat Officers immediate recal. .3, • You are to open_the subje& of the Chesapeake se parate!). and distinctly. • The,tuenner in which the proposal for the adjustment of that difference may be received will. be the hest test of the general dis position of the American Government, and will na turally indicate thn course to be pursued in respect to thy. further instructions which I shall proceed to communicate `to you in another diTatCh. I am, ttc. (Signed) GEORGE CANNING. . ~ 'DISPATCH from Nfr.Secretary CA N t7I.N C. t, the noon table DA viD• a R $ I,*: INE. , (Wd ter'rign office, lap. 23, ig,9. - ' SIR—Jf there .really exists in those'indivldents 'who are to hove a tending share in the New Admi nistraticn of the United States; tnat disposition to • come to a comitlete and cordial understanding with Great Britain, of which you have reeeivedfroM them such positive assurances; in , meeting that dia positirn it would be useless aed uoprofitable to re cut-AO:a recapitulation of the.catne; flori which the , differeuces between the two Governments hate arisen, or of the agreements al'eady so often fe, peated in support of that system of retaliation to . . which his , Majesty has tin williugly had recourse. That -system his Mejotei: Must unquestionably Continue to inaintam...un_aos ttle object of-it cart be en Ii c r wiseoiccom pl ished. But alter a profession, on the part of so many ' leadiog Members of the Government of the United ' Slates, of a sincere desire to conttibine to that ob ject in a manner which should rcoder the eons inn ;lnce of the system adopted by, the British Gov , -rn- ment unnecessary, it i; thotaght right that a fair op- partunity should be afforded to the American Ger - Vernment to explain its Meaning, and to give proof 'of its sincerity. - , The extension. of the interdiction of the 'American harbours to the ships of war of France as IA ei I as of Great Britain, is, As stated in my otherdisiiach, au - acc-ptable symptom of impartiality towards the bel ligerents. The first that ' has bean publicly -main fested by the American Government. The like ex- tension of the non-importation Adt of the other bel ligerents is equally proper iii this view. These mett- sures remove, ahty , :e preliu'inary objections which 'must otherwise have precluded any useful or aurica-•. - ,ble diScussiiao: In this state of thines,. it is possible for Great Britain to entertain propositions which, while such manifested partillity was strewn to her enemies, were not consistent either with her dignity , or be; interest.. • From the 4eport of your conversations with Mr. - Madison, Mr.'Galatin, 4nd Mr. Smith, it appears, ' l a!, That the Ame'rican - Gtaternioent is prepared„ ! in •the event of his Majesty's conseining to withdraw - the Orders in Council ot. January and November !. 1807, to - withdraw .contenveraneously on its part the interdiction of its narbouts to shies Of war, and ail Note-intercourse `';lnd Non-importation : Act., o • tar as respects Great Britain,. leaving them in force with respect no France, and the Penvers which adopt • or act under her decrees : ' qdly, What is Of the utmost -importance, ais pre- cludiug a "lICW source of tnisunderstanding vehich might arise after the adjes; merit of the other ques tions, that America is willieg . 16 renounce, ditring the present war, the pretension of carrying on, in , time of war, all trade with -the enemies' Colobie4, from which she was excluded during peace : - 3(4, Great Britain, for the purpose of securiog the operation of the embargo, and of the tthiti fide` ' intention of America, to ttrcveet her Citizens from trading with France, and the Powers adopting and - acting under the French Decrees,, is to be consid4r ed as being at liberty to capture all such American i vessels as may be found attempting to trade with tho ports of any of those Powers .; without which secu -rity fur the ohservance of the embargo, the raising it ir.'ntinally with, respea to Great Britain alone, would, in fad, raise it with reSpeCt to 'all the • world. On these conditions his Majesty would consent to withdraw the Orders in Council ofJanuary and No.' vember 18Q7, so far as respects America. As the 'first and second of - these conditions are the suggestions of the persons in' authority in Ame rica to you, and as Mr. Pinckney. has recently (bet . for the first time) expressed to a/c his opinion, that there will be no indisposition on the par(of his Go vernmentto the enforcement of the naval power of ,• Great Britain, of the regolatiOna of America with respda to France, and the countries to which. :hose regalatibns continue to apply, but that his Govern- I meet was Itself aware that, vvithont such en- forcentent, those regula!ions must be altogether mi -1 gatory, I flatter myself that there will be no diffi7; 1 culty in obtaining a . distinet and official recog n iti on I of these couditiona 'from the American Govern- . meat. . . For this purpose, you are at liberty to communi-' • cate this dispatch, in evleaso, to' the American Be i cretary of State. - 1 Upon receiving-through you, on the part' of the Arnerican Governinept, a distinct and officia/ redog- nitinivof the three above-menlioned conditions, his Majesty- will lose no time in sending to America a Minister fully empowered to consign them tn a for m.d and regular treaty. - . ; . .: . As, however, it is -possible that th e delay v.vhich must intervene *before the af.tual buncitisten of a • ,-, treaty may appear to the American Government to , I deprive this arrangement of 'part of its .benefits, I,i I am to authorise you, if the Ameriaan - 6overnmettt .1 .should be desirous of Min upon the agreement be,'._ fore- it is reduced to a regular 'form, either:by,. the. immediate repeal of the embargo, and the other act's . ', in questien, or by engaging to repeal them on a par . ticular day, to assure - the American Government of . i his Majesty's -readiness -to meet such a dispositio n I,in the manner best calculated to give it .immediate. effect. , Upon the receipt here of an Official N r ofe, con-. taining an engagement for the 'adoption; by the American Government,-of the three conditions above . specified, his Majesty will .beprepared on the faith of sucherigagement, either immediately (if the re peal shall have been immediate in .America), or ,on . ! any day specified by thoAmetican Government for Of cork, driven sqt 111 i 4 st, and d &do' n 5 113°' to 'Me' 'e Lical. voura wo the rte Ze. shiP 4 frz(" +jesty' s tovEs i rsever - also 3 zips ! . 0 , r Dovigs iophi~~ .ANsa; fro IL fro at THE INQM ~ . . that , r4eal, :ree•precalli to recall the tiftlerg in Council; ,without wattina for the conely;ion of a . . treaty. I And you are authorised in the -circumstances 1 beteill descrled, to take such reciprocal engagement ton his Adaiesty: s behalf. 'I arm &c. 1 4. (StllCti) GiGaGE CANNING. DISPATCH from Mr. Secretary CANNING to the Hon. DAVID EasKINE. dated l'ore)gn Otficc, M4' 22, 1800. Sltt—Yaur dispatches ; Nos. 19 and 20, of the igth ,tnd 2oth nave been received Jrie! this day, and lad.betbre the King. I have lost no time_.,in receit ing his Majesty's onnirnands to signify to you his Majesty's sentiments on the manner in which you have executes the in str&tions oo:tveyed to you in riy dispatches by Mr. Oakky. It is nuich_to he regretted ; that in the execution of itistrbetions upon 'points of . so Much delicacy and importance„ you Should have thought yourself au thorised to tteplrt 'so widely not only from their le6- ter, but from their spith. •• • With reilect twthe• instructions relating to the CheS:ipeake, which form the suksject of my displteh No. -I; I have to remark, first, the total omission by you of *a preli.riinary the most -inaterial portance. A *departure from the terms: . of youf instructions in the manner of 'conducting the Negociaticn and 3dly, the admison by you, and so tar as apireats, without. rernOnstrante or observa tion, of r Note 'contain/ing expressions offensive to his . Majesty's dignity,•tiutl as no Minister of his Majesty oug!tt rd have submitted to receive, and to transmit to lai, Government. . • lst, It is distinctly stated by me, as the condition of his r414.,517' do lodger insisting upon the re , call of the Proclamation of July 1807, as a prelimi nary.to,the adjustment of the difference arising from the affair of tl!e.- Chesapeake," "11)4 the ships of ivar of France•Shalll, in point of fact, have been ex cluded from the ports of the. United . States, and such shilis.of that description as were in those ports _shall have been warned to,dePar,t." ', . . Of this condition you appear to have taken no notice whatever. The Non-Intercourse Bill • ope rated only-to the prospective exclusion ; but as to the warning to be given to •any sllipS of war of France. (if.any such there were) in, the liens of the United State.,, it no • where 'appears 'that' even a question was put by you on this subjeet, lunch less that you received ally satisfadory assurance upon it. 2dly, But if. this preliminary condition had teen fulfilled, y our in.trutlions proceeled to state, that even then " it would still be 'necessAry that either - the Proclamation should be withdrawn, or its. ope.: ration formally declared to ,be at an end, though it wevld he sufficient tivi such withdrawal or ckela -ration be recoid.2d in the same instrument, or at the same time with the terms of repariaten." ' . So far incti,penabli e condition havi n g been obtained by you, Mr. Smith, in the answer -returned by . him to your note, stuLliously avoidi . apy thing like a - recognition of the principle on which . alone the demand of the formal. recall of the,Proc.a inatiOn was lo be waved ; neither is the Proclama tion itself withdrawn, nor its operation declared to be zt enl. • . •• ' The.obvious consequence of this omission is, that if the Non-Iliterconr.e Ad, whieji is •a•temporary ,Aa, to be- suffered, to expire, -the Prociama tion might. revive, and. the inequality bet Ween the two.Belligererits he thereby restored., It was ohNiwisly your duty, before you commit ted his Majesty's name Ityia written offer of repa ration, to ascertain in what manner that offer would be received, and answtifed ;"arid if you found that the express condition either of the withdfawing the Proclamation,' or declining its, operations to be at an. end, would riot be.Oomplied with, to abstain from ,proceeziing one sio7le -srepin: the i.legocintion until you had referred -home for further instruelions., -That part' of yotir instructions which oirected that this arrangement, if not made the siihjeel of con sideration, ,should- . be stAtled .by the exchange of -Mtniverial Notes, dated on the same thy,..and re 7.. eiprocaily delivered at thesame time, was expressly intended to guard against the, vi:ssibiiity of your cot - minting yourself by a writt:tu propor,al,-in the uncertaitity 4, what Might be the natwe of ihe answer to be retuned to it. • . , His Majesty will not 1.11)1),:4se itthat Mr: Srnith's intended answer can bairn -been comtnunir;ited to . you previtiusly, and have obtained your approbation. in the proposal for restoring the men taken from on board the Chesapeake, it was not_intendell that thecondition at his Nlajesty's right to reettiint;.em in a' regular way from the Amlevican Government, if either natural-born subjeas of his NLjemy, or, de! , .ertt-rs fri.:ru his- Majesty's should have beui omitted. I dwelt, however, t:,e leSs.on this point,. as his Majesty's right, in this- respea,.is founded on public Lmr, and does not regnire to, be fortified by the recognition of any other Go vernment. . - . . . .. ... • . _. MINUTES OF. EVIDENCE; Talien befoie tlie Cotimittez• of the yvhole Hodie, appoint ed totonsider of the Poli c y an d C o nd uc t of the Lite Explicit . lion to the Scheidt. • • FOURTH DAY, • The R;ght Holt Sir I'OHN - it.NsTßlPiturfti the chair_ . Capt. Sir HOME POPHAM', "a l kfeinber if the House attending in his dace, • . Examined by the Cernatiitee. - When Were:you..first consulted with r e lativ e to the objects of the tate Expedition to the Scheidt I think I Was sent for on the 4th of 'June; in the evening, to conie, to try.vn•as early as possible, and to . wait on Lord' Mulgraye: • ' •you state what passed at ~ that time ?---I think, as nearly as . I can recollea, my Lord MIA , . grave said there"was a large diSposable force; and ' that as the French had a very strong ,fleet in the Scheldt, and, were still build.ae c' more ships, it would be.very desirable to make an cefort to destroy them, and - he requested that I would turn my thoughts to that subject, as -it would be -very desirable that I should see Lord Chatham and r Lo rd Castleereigh in the course of a day or two, • • In consequence of that couversition ltad you'any ' communication with Lord Chatham' and Lord Cas tlereagh 2—After :ti.at. convers:ition i cam (pitted some arrang - ements to papee,:.auil I was -afterwards ,sent for to bring those tnernordnda ro . town, which I did, and -delivered them to Lord INFAgnive ; the day after my return into thetountry, I was: split tor to wait upot! Lord Castlereagh, where .I Saw Lord 1 Chatham. ' • Cm you state on what day it was you saw Lord Chathatn and Lord Castlereagh,?—l think it was on the t ith of June; I am gone certain it was on the Sunday after the King's birth-day. • _Will you state what passed at that interview re lative -to the Expedition ?--4 had an interview before Lord Chatham came in, with Lord Castlereagh, on the subjea of the expedition, and 'as . ntmly can recolle&, Lord Castlereagh said there was a dis posable force of from thirty to thirty-five_ , thousand men, and I think, but I am not certain. t hat he had transports ready to embark abciut 10,000, whether it.was . lo,ooo ton of transpor's; or transports for 40,000 men, I cannot say ; we had some-gen era l conversation on the subject of the expediti o n, an d L • pressed as much as I possibly could, the advanced state of the season I also exixessed'an anxiety that the nuinberofhorses should . be reduced to as low at standard as possible, as They take up a great deal of room; and I alse.submitted that as many, troops as possible Might be embirked hi man of war,-to pre vent the, expeltioit being delayed by transports, as I knew from excerience that tiansports were always the, greatest clog to an expedition; some conversa- • lion passed about differau landing places, and about the march across the Island of South, St:vela:id. I do not recoll-et every particular of the conversation, but that was the general purport of it ; if. my me moilhas at nit failed me, I OA be exTentely glad to be corrected by tile Noble Lord who is so near me now_.in his -With what view did you advert to the lateness ,of , the stand .at the beginning of June ?—Because it was my opinion, and I think I stato.l.the same to Lord Mulgrao, that the.expedltion ought to s:4l by the 27th or the 28th of Julie, tor that was nearly . about the full moon and the longest days, and tinit we were liable, if we remained beyond that, time, to have to encounter the greatest of all difficulties is expeditions, the-elements. , State the substance of anyconVersation you had with Lord Mulgrave, respeatipg the expedition ? -- Wheti I was sent for to,Lord Muigrave,.l believe Lord Castle reagh Was present ; and the subject upon which I %%.a particulary examined, was that of.a landing place tn, the neighbourhood of. Santvliet ;- and I was deshed. by Lord Mulgrave to-draw tip a paper, .staring, as nearly as I t ould, whereahout I suppost d a Irioding might be effected in the neighbourhood;of Santvitet, which I did, I. believe, ishire Lord Castlereagh was in the rooni ; it s s signed by myself and bx Caps. Plampin,.,who h-ad . hcco sent tar to town, as he w . s . 'acquainted whh the navigation of the gchelilt, and had been consulted on that day, previous to my be ing sett{ for. I think Sir .Ricitard Straoh,ii, Sir chard 'Bickerton, and Mr. Wellesley Pole were ~ present. . , • . „ . . Can you state, tip,.substance of your, opinion witty ' respect to the practicaoifity of etleoling. a landtrig, near Sautvliet beliel'e I had little hesitation iii slating that a l • . andingrnigla theri-: ; how- , tier, itTchat ) ,per oca copy of that paper wes to ha produced to the Committee, ray exact opinion at that • time would be seen. Was Ihe plart.of operations which was afterwards acted upon So tar as. it was found practteableycolu miniicated to you, or were you coutitted . o-e - final air:if:gen - rents r, certaltify w :13 * acc,s•zar to ill arrange-tientof the e•gperlition, been exanien,...d t good . deal. by the Corn ilanuers iii Chief of the nrcny and navy, With resp.:ei to nay local knowledge of that country. Have you any 'knoWledge pf thp . f;ituati . on cireurnstat.eei of Antwerp and the of ' and the tief-tnee . or the Uppe.. - St tc. ci ?—I Aiti erp: , iil 179.1,:, I did nor take inucti.notie the fortifwatioris, as the pritiCipA had were'opbn the sea face; I understood tiwn tirat, tIl works were very old, and that ttle ditd: s (irt in s6tile p but where I With ret:peet to rthe - fort of I r...- gret in one of the :mt-Ltuoiaii..i t . , oat , 1 (aulti :i;); - Lain ii&rinlttiou about that, watt 1 ne;ioVe I at the same time obsc-reed, that i the - 11 - ,tbariterS;lin'l79B, were moving doix , l ) t o - wards Liao, they did not e:.:yress, - aslundeestoocl, all y doubt almut getting wissession of Lil:O. I Did not' the p! . .it liCanitity •of suee*ding in the attempt upon Antwerp dePentr very materially . Upon the being Mile to c, nvey the fleets sabc,ve the torts of Lino and Lb titienilioeiok ?—ln a previous answer I ‘ stated, 'that I Aas cori b ulf e d Ripon lire prac ticability- of landing the alloy at Santviter; wirier is fiveiniteSbAoW Liao. -rte you well acquainted with ' the -Island of Walchereir.pre.viOus to the sailing of th e expediiiOn? ' As far as I could trust upon.. my memory from '1 ; 2'94 On account of Mrs; BILLINGTON's indisposition, t . d' • to the present lute, tuat I always stated in my the,..firsf Vocal. Concert, intended for to-morrow evening, is postponed to Friday in next week, as, Were you acquainted with the c li me of Wal day.,papers; announced by advertisement kisour first page this cheren and the'latluence of the climate upon th e Ana. i Wants; or upon troops that eatne.thrre -1.. But I cannot fOrbear observing with reg.et, that the bounty of his Majesty, in the intencle,d provi sion fur tire relations of the . .rnpu killed on biard_of the Chesapeake, is not only stated by yon -xttbout a similar restriaica, but is brougin for‘t itt once as a part of the reparation offeletfl avd tbul c.,tive.rted by you from a n aa of spuntatieous 'generosity, into one of positive obligvion. • 30,1 y, Ili addition to thesubstanc s of. Mr.. Smith's which I have alreddy 04:litiont ;( 1, it r ema i ns :for mein notice th'e expressions so in 1 of diirespe4 .tOhis Wjssty with-whiCh that note _And. I . auk to signify to,you cisple3sufe,,l,vbich 'his Majetyfeel4, that any Ministtr of ws.n.ijtsty - should have shewn himself so far. insensibl; 01 NOLA is due to the - dignity of his, Sovereign, as io have c():: ,, :ink.d to receive-and tranmnit to be laid belore his . 7 4,,j,5ty a note in which such expressiOns wrre contained *. tam, &c.. • GE(). CANNING. ' l i:the following is the ofKutsive passage in Mr. Smith's letter to which 'Mr. canning alludes :—" I have it in ex pre.ssi.charge trom the l',esident to state, that, while he for_. bears to insist on a turtherpuniShment Of the MR:tiding Of. fiver (Admiral Beate ley), he is not the less sensible of the justice and utility of such au example, nor the less per sua d. cd that it-would best comport 'with lat is due from his Bri tannic Majesty to his own honour, have. &c. (signed) ." R. SMITH. ".